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The research is being headed by Jitendra Sangwai, professor (petroleum engineering), department of ocean engineering, IIT-Madras, who studies state of-art processes used to recover crude oil from offshore reservoirs in India, and includes research scholars Pawan Gupta and Vishnu C.

Panasonic launched a first-of-its-kind smart EV charging service in India on Wednesday. Called Nymbus, the company claims, the service is a unique technology platform designed and developed to cater to the growing mobility market in India. The electric vehicle charging service was launched at an event in New Delhi. Manish Sharma, president & CEO, Panasonic India, said, …

Former Union Petroleum Secretary S C Tripathi, when in office and after retirement, has proactively contributed to the country’s energy security and voiced his views on how to increase in-house production, bring down imports and look for alternate sources of energy. Tripathi, a UP cadre IAS officer of the 1968 batch, served as Secretary in …

Economic Survey 2017-18 suggested power distribution companies not to renegotiate old Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed at higher rates with Solar and Wind Power Producers, as it may adversely affect the investment in the renewable sector. The recent auctions of solar and wind power procurement at very low rate has “possibly contributed to some demands …

As head of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Dr Ajay Mathur exudes energy in more senses than one. Energy is also his area of specialisation. Mathur, the Director General of TERI, is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. In his former role as Director General of the Bureau of …

The US President Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to roll back a ban on new offshore drilling off the coasts of Florida and California and was considering over 40 sites for the leasing of natural gas and oil production, the media reported. Thursday’s proposal comes just after the Interior Department issued a stop-work order …

Sustainable exploitation of aquatic resources and co-operation potential for exploiting ocean energy are among key topics being discussed at an ASEAN-India workshop in Nha Trang City in Vietnam. The two-day workshop, which began on Friday, is titled “Blue Economy: From Concept to Action.” The workshop is jointly organised by the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, India’s External …

Hans-Josef Fell, a German politician and international renewable energy activist, has spent more than 30 years working on solar and wind energy. In 1985, when running a home on 100 per cent solar energy was considered a highly uneconomical proposition, he installed a solar system in his villa. A physicist by profession, he joined the …

Leadership in Energy Environmental Design is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. Amity University, Kolkata became the first leed gold certified campus in India. With the objective to reach out to the larger community to …

At a time when India is desperately stitching civil nuclear deals to meet its growing energy needs, Japan is working overtime to develop alternate energy sources amid growing domestic concerns over the safety of nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Incidentally, Japan’s quest to diversify its energy mix comes at …

British-Dutch oil major Shell’s Indian subsidiary on Monday unveiled a programme to support energy startups in India by offering to work with them for six months. “Selected startups will have access to work at our technology centre in Bengaluru for six months,” it said in a statement here. Through the programme named Shell E4 (Energising …